in any event, the obama administration has made the decision they're not going to do that and they're going to do it as i indicated earlier. >> nbc's pete williams, justice correspondent for nbc, pete, thanks as always, sir. >> you bet. >>> the big debate, as pete just mentioned there, the big debate brewing out of boston, over how to treat the bombing suspect who's now in custody and whether he should be labeled an enemy combatant. chairman of the house intelligence committee, mike rogers, weighed in this morning. take a listen. >> he's a citizen of the united states. i think that brings all of the protections of the u.s. constitution under the public safety exception, however, i do believe that the fbi has a period of time to try to determine what threats are there today. we don't know if there are other devices, other people, and i think plannmirandizing him up-f would be a horrible idea. >> peter alexander standing by for us at the white house. pete, what's the president and white house saying about all of this? >> reporter: the white house have been very measured throughout the c